Piano Playin' Ballerina

I know the above picture doesn't have anything to do with a piano playing ballerina. I just saw it in my files and had to post it! This is Sara Frances' 2 yr. preschool school picture. I think she had just turned 3 when this was taken. Can you believe this baby will be 8 on Saturday? Time has flown even though she' always been so growny. Miss Robyn- this is when she was in your sweet class!!

Activities around here are in full swing. SF gets out of school on Monday, eats a snack and gets dressed for her 2 hour dance class. This has taken her some time to get used to but she said she'd rather do it at once than go another day. She certainly doesn't want to leave anything out. ha! :) It's supper time when she gets home and then she does homework(luckily she doesn't have too much this year) and plays her piano. I'm so excited for her that she's having a good piano experience. She began last year. Mrs. Clayborne teaches some lessons at her school so it's not an extra place she has to go after school. Her teacher is soo kind and encouraging. SF loves that she gets to earn trophies!! She'll do anything with a trophy in her sites. She wanted me to take her pic playing Tambourine Dance, one of her favorites. I love that we were able to revive my grandmother's (Mymy) piano. It's special having it in my house. She would be so happy to see Sara Frances loving to play it!
Both girls are having fantastic years at school so far. They are always excited to go! They LOVE their teachers!!

Alice In Wonderland Tea Party

Pied Piper Playhouse put on the cutest tea party today. I didn't get to go, thanks G.G. but it sounded soo fun!! The play will be next Friday and Saturday. The girls are excited about seeing it. The snacks look great, crafts...cute decorations. We love Alice in Wonderland! SF is going to be Alice for Halloween this year. Thanks to everyone who made this such a fun event!

Pooh Live!!

My girls just got back from Pooh Live. Thanks to G.G. and Granddaddy for taking them and for the cute picture. They had soo much fun!

Baby School

When Sara Frances and Meri Alan are home together playing and they aren't doing art, chances are they are playing Baby School in the playroom. They get all of the babies together and teach them all kinds of things. One day Meri Alan had drawn pictures of a caterpillar changing into a butterfly and was teaching a lesson! She is holding her newest baby, Nicholas. Meri Alan is the true baby lover but Sara Frances has really learned to love to play too. It's fun to see them having FUN together(well, most of the time, ha!)

Sunshine is a GIRL!!

Sunshine got fixed today. When I went to pick HIM up, I looked down at HIS sheet. I had marked he was a male. They had marked that out and checked female. Wow! When we got Sunshine we thought she was a girl, then the vet said it was a boy. Well, it's a girl! My girls are excited! She had her surgery at the the no litter clinic at the recommendation of Jennifer. Thanks, J. They really were super nice! Sunshine is doing great and has been up and about, even running through the house making me catch her!
On another note, my nose is red! I've told many of you that I'm treating my nose for some skin damage, precancer cells with Carac treatment. Thursday will be the 3 week mark and I'm trying to make it to 4 weeks. The first 2 weeks were really fine but became more difficult to stand over the weekend and it also became pretty firey red! I'm trying to stay around here and not scare anyone but I'm really looking forward to getting back out and about VERY soon! I've placed a link under my faves called Carac. I found a blog where a girl recorded her experience with the treatment. Hers was 3 weeks instead of 4. Also-she had to put it on her whole face and I'm just treating my nose. I am thankful just to be treating my nose and that we caught it early enough to treat this way. It's not so bad. Life is Good! :)

Soccer!!

Great game, girls!!
strike a pose, Meri Alan!!
Sara Frances and G.G.

Hey Emerson!

Meri Alan had her first soccer game tonight. Look at these precious pink uniforms, great pick Coach Drew! It felt great outside and it was really fun watching these little cuties!!

Off to Oxford!

Meri Alan and Kenneth just left for Oxford a little while ago. Meri Alan has been begging Kenneth to take her to a game- just her! I think it's all about the snacks! No doubt, they'll have fun. I can't wait to hear all about it.

my 12 names

This is a funny email I received from Carley. I saw that Jennifer posted it on her blog. Good idea! Here goes...
1. YOUR REAL NAME: Heather
2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle.) Heaizzle
3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal plus hair) Pink Kitty
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name and street you live on/or neighborhood if it's a number) Lynn Whitechapel
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name) Heawo
6. SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, favorite drink) PurpleDr.Pepper
7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and a last letter of your moms first name) Elwonba
8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names)Lynn Dan
9. YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets) Black Sunshine
10. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet's name and current street name) Mirenda Whitechapel
11. YOUR MOVIE STAR NAME: (grandfather/grandmother on your mom's side, your favorite candy) Rena Almond Joy
12. YOUR "FLY GIRL/GUY" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your middle name) Hlyn
Now copy, paste, and send on to all your crazy friends including the one who sent it to you.

my favorite poem!

In honor of Grandparents' Day coming up on Sunday I thought I'd share my favorite poem! Sure, it's my favorite because my Sara Frances wrote it about my mama last spring in first grade.

G.G.

G.G. is my grandmother giving me great big hugs and kisses.

G.G. is my friend playing games with me.

G.G. is a good driver picking me up from school.

G.G. is a shopper buying stuff for me.

G.G. is a seamstress fixing small holes in my clothes.

G.G. is a baker baking brownies with me.

G.G. is a gardener picking flowers with me.

G.G. is my friend taking me to the park.

G.G. is my grandmother loving me a lot.

First Day of Preschool

Meri Alan had a great day at preschool today. When we asked her what her favorite thing was-she said EVERYTHING!!